Reviews tagging 'Alcohol'

Homebodies by Tembe Denton-Hurst

6 reviews

peachani's review against another edition

challenging emotional reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity and Sexual content

Moderate: Mental illness, Racism, Lesbophobia, Homophobia, Toxic relationship, and Toxic friendship

Minor: Racial slurs, Abandonment, Alcohol, Fatphobia, and Cultural appropriation

maceydowns's review against another edition

emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Infidelity, Alcohol, Racial slurs, Sexual content, Mental illness, Homophobia, Racism, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Classism, Religious bigotry, Lesbophobia, Body shaming, Drug use, Fatphobia, and Gaslighting

hawk_just_hawk's review against another edition

emotional reflective sad slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Such a frustrating read for me. I’m not really into “bad communication” as the major theme. You spend 700 pages watching someone that you want to care about making awful decisions and don’t get the pay-off  when she  

finally (FINALLY) tells off the fuckboi.

 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Drug use, Sexual content, Alcohol, Racism, Racial slurs, Infidelity, Mental illness, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Body shaming and Fatphobia

Minor: Religious bigotry

deetabz's review against another edition

challenging emotional medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Homophobia, Racism, Lesbophobia, and Sexual content

Moderate: Body shaming, Toxic friendship, Cultural appropriation, Toxic relationship, Abandonment, Infidelity, Racial slurs, and Fatphobia

Minor: Alcohol, Drug use, and Religious bigotry

tjminus's review against another edition

emotional funny reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Like other reviews of this book have said, the synopsis is not the best when describing what the full scope of this book is about. This more about the story of a woman going through some big life changes and decisions than it was about how letter goes viral and her response to that. I had trouble with the main character as well, I felt like she had a victim-complex and wanted someone to help her, but then rejected people when they did. What redeems this book is the writing. There are some phrases and passages that were really great.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual content

Moderate: Homophobia

Minor: Alcohol and Body shaming

caseythereader's review

emotional funny hopeful reflective slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Infidelity, Alcohol, Homophobia, Sexual content, Cursing, and Drug use